Multifragment emission and the experimental characterization of breakup reactions

D. MARTÍNEZ HEIMANN; A. J. PACHECO; O. A. CAPURRO; A. ARAZI; P. CARNELLI; M. A. CARDONA; E. DE BARBARÁ; J. O. FERNÁNDEZ NIELLO; J. M. FIGUEIRA; L. FIMIANI; D. HOJMAN; G. V. MARTÍ; A. NEGRI

Santiago, Chile

Simposio; VIII Latin American Symposium on Nuclear Physics and Applications; 2009

The production of three or more particles in nuclear reactions is discussed in terms of physically meaningful variables for the description of the asymptotic exit-channel configuration. The emphasis is placed in a direct comparison between these basic variables obtained in a purely experimental way and the corresponding results of generic model calculations. Applications of this approach to a few examples of recent inclusive and exclusive measurements of breakup reactions in the 6,7Li + 144Sm systems are presented.